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When racism occurs, it prevents our country from being the best it can be. A genuine love of country is about civic responsibility, not blind pride. It says "no" to racism, "no" to bigotry and "no" to intolerance....

Historicism spuriously dignifies a rush for cover in the crowd. We thereby relieve ourselves not only of the burden of making decisions, but also of the risk of conflict with the common opinions of society....

Socrates famously declared the philosophers life to be a preparation for death. He certainly fulfilled that maxim. As the great sage showed, for the ancients the struggle with life and death was the only game in town. Somehow though, through the ages, this fundamental concern dropped down the ...

If any meaningful vision of change is to emerge within the Labour Party, it needs to be more populist and less progressive. It must discover ways of forging a common life that cares for heart and soul, not just market and state....

The peer responsible for ethical standards in the UK House of Lords has been allegedly caught taking drugs with prostitutes in a tabloid sting. Emma Alberici speaks with Europe Correspondent Philip Williams about the Lord Sewel scandal in the UK....